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A Bank of Korea report reveals that despite 51.8% of South Korean workers using generative AI, productivity has not improved meaningfully over three years. The study identifies four reasons for the disconnect, including …
China's Z.ai open-sourced its GLM-5.2 coding model on June 17, 2026, days after Washington ordered Anthropic to restrict foreign access to its Claude models. The 753-billion-parameter model, released under an MIT license…
A study led by Harvard and Stanford researchers found that ChatGPT outperformed hundreds of physicians in diagnostic challenges, sparking concerns about AI's rapid integration into U.S. healthcare without FDA approval. D…
AMD is reportedly planning another consumer GPU price increase of 10-15% in the second half of 2026, driven by rising memory costs as AI datacenter demand reallocates memory capacity away from consumer GDDR6. Multiple tr…
Amazon MGM is dropping Luca Guadagnino's film 'Artificial' about OpenAI, a move widely seen as corporate meddling in distribution. The decision follows Amazon's deepening ties with OpenAI rival Anthropic, suggesting the …
An artist is seeking technical solutions to prevent her artwork from being used to train large language models (LLMs), but experts argue that no lasting obfuscation method exists and stronger DRM with provenance tracing …
Chinese AI startup z.AI released GLM-5.2, an open-source large language model with a 1 million token context window, sparking excitement in Silicon Valley for its coding and agentic workflow capabilities. The model's per…
Brands are increasingly deploying AI-generated virtual influencers for ad campaigns, often without disclosing their synthetic nature, as the industry is projected to grow from $8.3 billion in 2025 to $45 billion by 2030.…
An AI-generated story has won a literary prize judged by a panel including novelist Ruth Ozeki, highlighting the need for literary prizes to implement AI detection checks or revise rules to accommodate AI writing.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh held rates steady at the June 17 FOMC meeting and dropped forward guidance, forcing markets to price risk independently. The 2-year Treasury yield rose sharply, and the Fed's dot plot sh…
Billionaires like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison invest their wealth in underwhelming hobbies such as a steroid-fueled Olympics, martial arts, and yacht racing rather than grand schemes for social contro…
Two AI safety advocates described the federal government's new chatbot legislation as a 'good first step' on regulation but called for stronger and more comprehensive measures. The bill, part of Canada's Online Harms leg…
Defense tech startups have raised $14.6 billion in venture capital through May 2026, surpassing 2025's full-year record, driven by AI advancements and Pentagon support. Major deals include Anduril's $5 billion Series H, …
Security researchers at Tenet Security disclosed a new attack class called 'agentjacking' that exploits public Sentry Data Source Names (DSNs) to inject malicious instructions into AI coding agents, achieving an 85% succ…
Clalit Health Services has joined PANDAI, an €8 million EU-funded consortium using AI to predict and manage future pandemics. The project, backed by Horizon Europe and involving the WHO and research groups from six count…
A new Pew Research study found that only 16% of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on society, revealing a significant trust gap between Wall Street optimism and public skepticism. For small builders, this …
Elon Musk's xAI installed 27 unpermitted gas turbines in a Black Mississippi neighborhood to power its Colossus data center, and the Trump DOJ moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the project, citing national security.…
Anthropic has partnered with Persona to roll out identity verification for certain platform capabilities, requiring users to submit a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie to prevent abuse and comply with legal ob…
Multiple distributors including Focus Features, Warner Bros.' Clockwork, A24, and Netflix have passed on acquiring Luca Guadagnino's near-complete film 'Artificial' after Amazon MGM dropped the project, according to Vari…
At least 57 off-grid natural gas plants with 73 gigawatts of combined capacity are being built to power AI data centers across the US, often bypassing environmental review. xAI's Colossus facilities in Mississippi have o…